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nation arter aides hunt for way to relieve inflation "crisis’ Supreme Court dangerous work THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1980 Page 9 university au ays for expJ ilisher's rigt, nment. United Press International I WASHINGTON — President Carter says the nation has reached “a crisis stage” in inflation and ener gy supplies and his economic advis ers are studying new ways to curb the price spiral — short of mandatory controls. iscretion t ■porters is mi, anal right but J on by the pa Press secretary Jody Powell Mon- lishing thetj day told reporters Carter continues isher,” he® to reject mandatory wage-price con- ills directive;; .nit has demtr : ; trols and a tax cut to attack runaway inflation. He stressed Carter is counting on easing the situation by passage of three energy bills “still languishing” in Congress. Carter has ordered an accelerated review of his administration’s econo mic policies but Powell rejected re ports there is some panic among his advisers on which way to go. “Those reports are inaccurate and unfortunate and pretty irresponsi ble,” he said. “I’d like to see some reports about panic in the (congressional) confer ence committee getting legislation out,” he said. “It’s not a hope. It’s very darn real.” Powell said he “does not want to set a deadline on the reviewing pro cess of the anti-inflation program. But he added “it’s unlikely any final ing happen! there’s a r# , he said. ns arm price supports scant, governors say :iero arranged nbulance United Press International WASHINGTON — Three farm h state governors — two of them Democrats — voiced disagreement with administration claims that poli cies adopted after the Russian grain embargo have cushioned the impact on farmers. rombyCaesaii. They took time off from the gov- Evelyn Mon. emors’ winter meeting in Washing- isband, Ehi| on to testify jointly Monday before n unemploj| m p m bers of the Senate Agriculture Committee, who have introduced ( In ed ! # ious g 0 * n g beyond the admi- ‘i.f nistration’s proposals to isolate ' J p 1 ! j embargoed grain from the market. an jBAnother witness before the com mittee, Sen. James Exon, D-Neb., a Ja-mer governor, said he had a com- ffijtment from Agriculture Secretary at the hospi'i Bob Bergland to support another ospitalizatii?; change in farm policy. Ily expected tor iBergland will support Exon’s bill to set higher price support loans for 'sBt year’s corn and wheat that is placed into the farmer-owned re- 1 serve, the senator said. Although Exon said the increase is Jrot as much as he would prefer, it __ L.. would be the largest jump in loan ay Ullirates in history and it would help Bleviate farmers’ cash flow prob- International lems. [) — Policeare; J Montana Gov. Thomas Judge said control so "t grain prices almost recovered after lan bull loose! the embargo but fell again, ards Tuesday.b **Nine days before the embargo, lard operatins wheat sold for $3.94 per bushel at ndcuffed the! Power, Mont., a typical, centrally icktoitspen located grain terminal. Judge said, dcutleditand Last Wednesday, wheat sold for latcher reporte $3.59 per bushel. Judge said. andsixofficerssl'.The 35-cent-per-bushel loss rep- lat made a spif-resents a $37 million loss in the value down San Mi of grain stored on Montana farms, he said. Brhe three governors, Judge, a illy set up to0 Democrat; Arthur Link, Democratic rot too simple, governor of North Dakota and chair- icy Marsh. "Bub under control dais said I ause a truck didl y to an ace for him toll man of the National Governors’ agri culture committee, and Republican Gov. Albert Quie of Minnesota sug gested different proposals, but their major thrusts were the same. They advocated higher price sup ports, additional food aid to foreign nations, isolation of embargoed grain from the market, production con trols to reduce this year’s crop and legal provisions for handling future embargoes. Link said a North Dakota farmers’ cooperative is forcing cash-short far mers to pay cash for fuel and fertiliz er and denying usual short-term credit. Farmers are “simply beside them selves,” he said. Quie said, “For the near term, we in Minnesota see depressed crop prices, a cash flow shortage, acute credit needs, depressed sales of farm equipment and other input supplies and increased (crop) storage needs.” ALTERATIONS' IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING *ND ALTERATIONS "DON T GIVE UP — W£LL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH'S CLEANERS WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPE CIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES. 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PROJECTS j decisions will be made this week. ” Carter told visiting editors, “domestically the most significant challenge I face is a high inflation rate, which is attributable in a major degree to the fact that after all these years we still do not have a compre hensive energy policy. “And even alter we have reached a crisis stage in energy supplies and inflation, the three major bills that will help to resolve this issue are still languishing in congressional confer ence committees.” It was the first time Carter has used the expression “crisis” in terms of inflation. It followed a new jump in the consumer price index that has inflation running at an annual rate of 18 percent. United Press International WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Tuesday unanimously upheld Labor Department regulations pro hibiting employers from discriminat ing against a worker who refuses to perform a task he believes would en danger his life. The court said the regulations issued by the labor secretary are in line with the intentions of the Occu pational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide a hazard-free work place for employees. “The regulation clearly conforms to the fundamental objective of the act — to prevent occupational deaths and serious injuries,” Justice Potter Stewart wrote for the court. Labor and health groups said the decision would have important rami fications for the workplace and the strength of OSHA. The rules were challenged by Whirlpool Corp. after two em ployees refused to perform a task at the company’s Marion, Ohio, plant, 12 days after a coworker fell to his death from a safety net. The company docked the workers six hours’ pay and gave them written reprimands for their action. A district court found the two men refused to perform their jobs out of “genuine fear of death or serious bodily harm,” but it concluded that the labor secretary had exceeded his authority in issuing the regulations. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of OKs refusals Appeals overturned that decision, ruling the “right to a hazard-free workplace” is implicit in the 1970 law. Whirlpool appealed to the Sup reme Court, arguing that OSHA does not expressly give employees a “protected right” to refuse to work and does not give employees “unila teral authority” to walk off the job. But the court disagreed, saying that under OSHA’s “general duty clause,” an employer must furnish each of his employees a safe work place. m€TAl ARC H€R€! § Technics mu mkj Stereo Cassettq Deck DotBy NR input select rrocropnone input y STS 189 RS-M11 Mk2 Metal-Tape Compatible Stereo Cassette Deck with FL Bar-Graph Peak Meters and Dolby NR System l-U — ***+ ^ ^ RS-M6 ", d Front-Loading Vertical Ho Stere ° th Dolby NR Cassette Deck with D and , tnr 3-Position Tape S e,eC gyi-BtOls-: 3-Head Cassette Deck RS-M63 Frequency response 20 — 20,000 Hz (Metal tape), 20 — 18,000 Hz (CrO ; /FeCr tape). Wow/flutter 0.05% WRMS. 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